Name: St. Onge Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers 450-650lbs were sharply higher. 650-700lbs, steady to 2.00 higher, on a light test. Heifers 500-650lbs, 12.00-15.00 higher. Very good demand for today's offering. Quality was mixed, with most carrying light to moderate flesh, and spring and fall shots. Several of the packages were fully weaned, with others coming straight off the cow. The market was active, with renewed optimism in the seats as the feeder and live cattle futures have seen some gains in the past few days. The next Feeder Calf sale is December 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.46/cwt on 401 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −43.07 against this barn's trailing median of $491.54.

Average price

$448.46

401 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$69.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs SD average

+19.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	454.15	2,540	368
Medium and Large 1-2	591	385.00	2,275	33

One grade step is worth $69.15/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.88, low $463.68, median $491.54 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale401 hd

448.46

—

SD average8 barns · 4,147 hd

447.75

+0.71

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+19.31

This barn, trailing median7 sales

491.54

−43.07

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · St. Onge Livestock Auction - St. Onge, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	421.65/cwt	401.00–427.50	2,551	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	507.54/cwt	482.50–520.00	2,477	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,753	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	577	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	479.45/cwt	455.00–507.50	2,522	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	373.28/cwt	351.00–385.00	2,505	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	569.41/cwt	567.50–572.50	2,437	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	480.11/cwt	440.00–507.50	2,060	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,803	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,352	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,314	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	364.48/cwt	362.00–372.50	2,278	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	386.52/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,018	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	393.49/cwt	379.00–403.00	2,204	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	468.00/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,699	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	508	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,210	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,275	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	434.85/cwt	407.50–447.50	2,022	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,967	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,931	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	445.80/cwt	415.00–454.00	2,599	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	333.95/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,525	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	352.69/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,568	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,377	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	586	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,074	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,318	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,265	10

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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